Defendant Tracy Looney was convicted Thursday of four counts of rape of a child and two counts of aggravated sexual battery and two counts of child abuse.

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After seven days of testimony, the jury returned with a guilty verdict Thursday afternoon in the trial of a Lascassas man accused of raping a preschool girl and abusing her two older brothers.

Defendant Mark Tracy Looney, 48, of Valley View Road was convicted of four counts of rape of a child and two counts of child abuse. Looney faces at least 25 years in prison for each felony count of rape of a child and additional time for the child-abuse convictions. He will be sentenced Feb. 26, 2014.

In 2012, Looney was accused of choking his 9-year-old stepson, smacking his 7-year-old stepson and sexually ...